Somewhere on the southern shores of Lake Sevan…
Today we walked. Today it rained. It was cold.
Seven American Volunteers and one Armenian Host Country National walked along the choppy waters of Lake Sevan. We had rain coats on. Those of us with rain covers had the bright orange tarps placed over their packs- those without rain covers had huge black, industrial, plastic garbage bags placed over their packs. A trail of orange and black-shelled turtles walked along the choppy waters of Lake Sevan.
The American Sign Language sign for the word “what” is this: both hands out in front of you, palms facing up, moving side-to-side. Armenians also do this when asking people “what are you doing?” or “what’s going on?” While walking today, I could see Armenian drivers shaking their hands gesturing “what” to the line of orange and black-shelled turtles walking along the choppy shores of Lake Sevan. This could have easily been interpreted as “what in the world are you doing?!”
“Teaching about Healthy Bodies and Healthy Minds”, is what we would reply, of course…except only it would be in Armenian.
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